ONE CHANCE TO GET LOW
2–7 Single Draw.
One private exchange, one beautifully awkward objective.
THE DEFINING TWIST
Lowest wins; aces high, straights and flushes count against you.
Single draw lowball
Know the twist.
Enjoy the table.
Illustrative hand · explore the result in Read the Table
YOUR GUIDE TO THIS VERSION
Know your table.
The rules that matter.
- Aces always high.
- Pairs, straights and flushes are undesirable; no eight-low qualifier.
From first card to final reveal.
- Prepare. Use 52 cards; agree button, blinds and limits.
Heads-up button posts small blind.
- Deal five. Deal five hidden cards to each player.
There is no shared board.
- First betting. Begin clockwise after the big blind.
A sole survivor wins immediately.
- Choose discards. In turn after the button, select zero to five cards.
Zero is standing pat.
- Make the draw. Burn; replace each player’s discards face down.
No further exchange is available.
- If the stub runs short. Shuffle eligible earlier discards with the remaining stub.
Keep the player currently drawing’s discards aside; do not return them.
- Final betting. Begin with the first active seat after the button.
Finish before comparing hands.
- Read the low. Best five-card 2–7 low wins; identical values split.
Best is unsuited 7–5–4–3–2. A–2–3–4–5 is ace-high.
Where these rules come from.
Established variation; this guide follows the linked rules and stated table conventions. Explanatory presentation and examples by Deal Different.
PokerStars: 2–7 Single Draw rules ↗Curated by Maanas Chopra · reviewed October 2026 · session times are estimates